雷海宗西方古典奴隶制学术思想的发展及启示

LEI Haizong’s Academic Thoughts on Western Classical Slavery:the Development and Implications

20世纪50年代,雷海宗先生在西方古典奴隶制问题上曾提出:雅典不等于希腊、雅典奴隶制社会"孤岛论"、罗马奴隶制社会"特例论"、希腊和罗马基本上是铁器时代早期的封建社会形态等一系列学术思想。雷先生的这些观点在当时学术争论政治化的特殊时代遭到不公正批判,并为此付出了沉痛的代价。然而,雷先生的学术思想并没有因其作古而销声匿迹,考察改革开放以来国内外马克思主义学术界有关西方古典奴隶制的研究成果,不难发现,雷先生的那些学术思想不仅在国内外马克思主义学术界仍后继有人,而且与马克思主义创始人的理论也并不矛盾。

In the 1950s, LEI Haizong proposed many inspiring ideas on western classical slavery, such as Athens not equivalent to Greece, the Athens slavery society as an isolated island, the Roman slavery society as an exceptional case, and Greece and Rome as the Feudal society of early Iron Age. All these ideas were criticized injustly in the special era when learning was politicized, and made LEI Haizong suffer much. LEI Haizong passed away while his ideas survived. If one conducts a Marx- ist study of western classical slavery, one would find that LEI Haizong＇ s ideas were followed by many people, and they were not contradicted to the theory of the founders of Marxism.